Citizens Party nominates candidates for Point Pleasant mayor and council
At the courthouse a Citizens Party nominating meeting chose George B. Skene and Fred Buxton for mayor with Buxton winning 24 votes to 12 for Skene. City clerk post goes to Co D Ball, though John E Brown serves as acting clerk. Council nominees include current members L A McMillin James B Couch and Dr E E MeElfresh with several Republican nominees also listed. A daughter weighing 6 pounds 3.75 ounces was born to Gil Ball and Wilma Gibbs at Holzer Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Citizens Party
Victor E. S. Park
Mt. Vernon Ave
C. Moystin
Seventh St
George B. Skene
Fred Buxton
13Th St. Garageman
Skene
Buxton
Streets
D. Ball
Ball
Dana Bradshaw
John E. Brown
Repubican
L. A. McMillin
James B. Couch
E. E. McElfresh
Everett Sutton
Fourth Ward
E. B. McHlfresh
Third Ward
Orville Hartley
Floyd Taylor
Abe Scarberry
Melvin Schmidt
Geo. Sprenger
G B. Woodard
George B Skene
E E. Me Elfresh
Charles F. Gasken
L A Me Millin
Burt Markley
Carl Rutherford
Bill) Willams
Gil Ball
Highland Ave
Holzer Hospital
Wilma Gibbs
Two More Mason Co Casualties Are Listed
Two Mason Countians are named among West Virginia war casualties. Pfc. Peter W. Herdman of Leon is killed in action with the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Samuel E. Halstead of Route 1 Leon is wounded in action in the European theater.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Peter W. Herdman
Juanite Herdman
Leon
Marine Corps
Samuel E. Halstead
Bertha, Halstead
Kiwanis Contest Names Farms In Mason County
The Kiwanis Club offers three prizes totaling 35 to spur farm naming in Mason County. Sponsored by the Mason County Farm Bureau and Farm Women's Council, blanks are mailed through June 1 1945. Winners are judged 20 percent on five points including naming quality and display location.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Mason County
Mason County Farm Bureau
Mason County Farm Women's Council
C C Anderson
Band Boosters Club Meeting in Point Pleasant
The Band Boosters Club will meet at Junior High School on Tuesday evening April 24 at 7 30. President Emray Monroe says final plans will be made for the school band and glee club concert set for May 14 in the gym, expected to draw about 1000 listeners. P E Burt directs the band with players from fifth through 12th grade. Virginia Dave Levine leads the senior high glee club.
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Point Pleasant
Emray Monroe
P. E. Burt
Virginia Dave Levine
Glee Club
World Friendship Hour Observed At Point Pleasant School
Point Pleasant notes World Friendship Four to be observed at Junio High School on April 25 from 11 to 12, honoring war workers, devotional period, songs, readings and a Dumbarton Oaks conference discussion followed by an afternoon circus Bailey Brothers wagon show set to perform locally this year. Alice Marie Frye hosted a bridge club at her Seventh Street home with members including Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Peek, Mrs. Spear, Mrs. Foster Gallipolis, Mrs. Gygax, and Miss Jewell. Miss Jewell won high score, Mrs. Foster second. Also announced: Boiler Makers Local No. 610 will move its office from the Masonic Building on Sixth Street to Oak Street near the shipyard gate.
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Point Pleasant
Junio H Hgh School
San Francisco
Alice
Marie Frye
Bridge Club
Seventh St
Charles II Stone, Jr
Richard M Peek
Raymond Spear
Robert Foster Gallipolis
William Gygax
Joan Jewell
Harriet Lewis
Frye
Jewell
Foster
Paul D. Wedge
Boilermakers Local No. 610
Masonic Building
Sixth St
Oak St
Prinipally
Gallipolis BPW elects officers at annual dinner
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual officer election after a Monday dinner at Island View Inn. Anna Gates White was elected president, Edith Hutsinpiller vice president, Sylvia Taylor secretary, and Ruby Plummer Bossard treasurer. New directors are Leona Dayton and Pearl Hatfield. The slate was chosen by the nominating committee, with Miss Ethel Young performing the installation. The group also discussed hospital financing plans and organized clothing donations for European war refugees.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club
Island View Inn
Anna Gates White
Edith Hutsinpiller
Sylvia Taylor
Ruby Plummer Bossard
Leonad Dayton
Pearl Hatfield
Ethel Young
B.P.W
Ruth Richards
Charlotte Hambrick
Virgie Howard
Alma McCormick
Holzer Hospital
Miss Young
Mildred Wise
Minnie Arthur
Charlotte Simms
Delma McCourt
Esther Priestley
Elizabeth Evans
Louise Loucks
Ninth Graders To Visit Senior High
Ninth grade pupils from Junior High School will visit Senior High on Thursday afternoon invited by the Senior High Student Council. About 160 ninth graders will be introduced to the high school, learn enrollment steps for the next term, and gain other essential information.
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Point Pleasant
Hgh
Senor High Student Council
D A District Rally Set By Point Pleasant D A Women
Daughters of America District Rally hosted by Council No 3 at the Point Pleasant lodge hall on Thursday evening April 19. State officers are expected. hostess committee asks members to arrive by 7 30 p m. Also notes three local births at Point Clinic and nearby homes with weights and parent names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Tue-Endie- Wei Council No. 3
Daughters of America
Council No .3
St. Albans
Senor High School Announces Term Closing Events
Program outlines senior activities with dates for a Junior High Auditorium events on April 26 for students and April 27 for public. Banquet and dance set for May 8. Commencement and diploma awards planned for May 17 with Class Day on May 15.
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Point Pleasant
Senor High School
Auditoriuum
Elise Ferguson Weds Paul C Young in Fostoria ceremony
Mr and Mrs Henrr Ferguson announce the marriage of their daughter Elsie to Sgt Paul C Young of Fostoria. The ceremony was held Sunday April 3 in Fostoria. The couple resides in Ohio after Sgt Young returned from 28 months duty in the Aleutian Islands.
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Gallipolis
Henrr Ferguson
Upper River Road
Elsie
Paul C, Young
Fostoria
Miorida
Young
Aleutian Islands
Gallipolis Personal Notices and Local Visits
Sem-annual Ath ens Presbytery meeting was attended by Rev. Theodore Valenti and others in Logan. Local residents hosted guests from Portsmouth Columbus Ironton and Akron with updates on health travel and family events. Notables include Miss Rita Altman and Lt Elwood Yensen among many short visits and illnesses.
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Theodore Valenti
W. C. Safford
E. G. Kirkendall
A. K. Merriman
L. A. Thomas
Athens
Logan
E. C. Waugh
Portsmouth
C. O. Betz
Ethel Wilson
Columbus
Ethel Maud Young
Max Altman
New York
Altman
Forrest Fife
Larry Crossley
George Moore
Delaware
W. J. Saunders
Charles Axline
W. E. Noel
Elizabeth Housh
Ironton
Art Phillips
T. H. Brothers
Walter
New Martinsville
W. Va
F. F. Darling
Inlaw
Margaret D. Carter
B. F. Neville
Shreve
Ohio
Frank Wright
Holzer Hospital
William Danner
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Wright
Emmett C Borton
Scott Field
Illinois
Army Air Corps
Rita Altman
Ohio State University
Lois
Rupert Trout
The
Elks’ Club
Third Avenue
Elwood Yensen
Bettina Yensen
Yensen
U. S. Navy Yard
Clendinen
Rabt Griffey
Phelps, Ky
Gallia County
Everett C. Nutter
Edna Beard Worman
C. Murphy Company
Mamie Arrowood
Akron
Albert. Suchard
Bulaville
Cpl Barcus TI Gallipolis Hospitalized Overseas
Cpl Lloyd E Barcus is seriously ill in a Philippine hospital, as reported by his parents Mr and Mrs Stanley Barcus of Gallipolis. He has not received a furlough in 28 months of service, with all but seven months spent overseas. the message comes amid ongoing candidate installation coverage.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd E. Barcus
Philippines
Stanley Barcus
Pt Pleasant Knights Judge Pythian Ranks and Illness Notes
Local Pt Pleasant scene shows Knights of Pythias members Kenneth Krebs and Virgil Love advancing ranks amid illness and recovery reports. John Barnett, county court president, improves after serious illness. Helen Gorrell returns home from Parkersburg visit. E W Wishard ill with influenza. union organizing and expected election for local bargaining agent discussed.
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Point Pleasant
Knights of Pythias
Page
Kenneth Krebs
Esquire
Virgil Love
Bellemeade
Pythians
Howard Schultz
Clev
A. W. Biffle
Galli
John Barnett
Dods
Jericho Road
Helen Gorrell
Parkers
CIO Unitburg
Paul Gorrell
Park
Sylvania Electrical Pro- Aveducts Co
Jacqueline Windsor
Bers
Huntington
Atl
Herbert Stanley
Gineer
Hisja
Pearl Harbor
E. W. Wishard
Ravenswood
Mrs White Heads Gallia Tuberculosis Health Body
Mrs Anna Gates White was elected president of the Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association by the executive committee at the regular session. She succeeds Major Oliver G Lyle who had served as president and as Christmas seal sales chairman. White also became president of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club the same day.
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Gallipg.lis
Anna Gates White
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Oliver G. Lyle
White
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ethel Maria Young
Cigaret Paper Source Shifts to Brevard NC
Almost all cigaret paper in the United States now comes from Brevard, North Carolina, after a change from earlier imports from France.
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Brevard
North Carolina
France
Donnally Family Reunion Among War Injured Relative
Gallipolis relatives gather at home as Pvt. Stanley M. Donnally, hospitalized at Valley Forge General Hospital recovering from December wounds in France, visits with wife and children before planned plastic surgery near Philadelphia. Also notes canceled livestock dealers meeting in Athens due to pending Congress regulations.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Donnally
Stanley M. Donnally
Valley Forge General Hospital
France
Jimmy
Jerry
Linda
Lorton Waugh
Dale Waugh
Wanda May
Kyle Ray
Charles Donnally
R. A. Lewis
Donnally
Governent
Philadelphia
A. K. Merzinian
Gallia County
Athens
Congress
Tarrier Farm Sold To Frank McDaniel
GALLIPOLIS Mr and E N Terrier Tuesday sold a 65 acre farm to Frank McDaniel and wife Parnier S for about 3500 dollars. New owner assumed possession of the farm and outbuildings. The Tarriers had earlier bought property in Bidwell where Mr Tarrier was appointed postmaster and they were in Gallipolis to finalize the sale.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Terrier
McDaniel
Parniers
Tarriers
Bidwell
Condition Is Good For Miss Margaret Shuler After Surgery
Gallipolis reports Miss Margaret Shuler who entered Walter Hospital Sunday evening after surgery Monday morning. doctors said the operation was more serious than anticipated but her condition is reported good Tuesday following the ordeal.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Shuler
Walter Hospital
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Zenners
Mason Co
Band Boosters Club
Miss Frye
Scott Mohler
Maxville
Hay
Milburn
Kentucky
Guy Mohler
Merrill Federer
Audt
BPW
At Point Clinic
Point Clinic
Wen
Roy Foster Yoak
Terrance Lee
Herman Sowards
Addison
Harley Harold
Joseph Henry
Gallipoli Ferry
Yoak
Sowards
Henry
Elise Ferguson
Cpl
Barcus
White Heads
Gallia
Lyle
Major Lyle
Ernest Riggs
Helen McNealy
Naomi Evans
Ann Hill
Toas
Ohio Public Health Association
E. Richards
Fred Plymale
Paul Foster
Donnally Family
Tarrier Farm
Frank McDaniel
Pomeroy
Elberfelds
James H. Wilson
Nelsonville
Citizens Bank
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